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Sleep and your health

We live in the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps. Work hours can stretch from early in the morning to grading papers late into the night. But the fact remains: Sleep is not a luxury, it’s a necessity.

Grants, Awards & Freebies — April 7, 2016

Learn more about summer seminars at the New York Public Library, grants for arts initiatives, nonprofit organizations that are dedicated to the outdoors, financial assistance for women and prizes for schools that give teachers opportunities to lead.

Time to reserve your spot at UFT Spring Education Conference

It’s time to order your ticket for the UFT’s annual Spring Education Conference on May 7. This 
year's event features in-demand workshops on active learning, integrated co-teaching and math by popular presenters.

Our endorsement process

Hillary Clinton was the clear and overwhelming favorite of thousands of members who participated in the membership survey.

Retiree optional rider checks are being mailed

UFT President Michael Mulgrew, who chairs the union’s Welfare Fund Board of Trustees, is pleased to announce that retirees are currently receiving their Optional Rider reimbursement.

A Season of Nonviolence event featuring one of the ‘Little Rock nine’

A crowded and hushed Shanker Hall listened as Minnijean Brown-Trickey told hundreds of middle and high school students what it was like that morning 57 years ago when, as an African-American student their age, she walked through crowds of hissing...

Update your beneficiary forms

It's important that every member of TRS review and update beneficiary forms after a marriage, the birth of children, a divorce or any change in familial circumstances.

Noteworthy graduates: Howie Rose, sports broadcaster

Howie Rose calls radio broadcasts for the Mets on WOR and televised games for the New York Islanders on MSG Plus. His job, he says, is nothing less than a dream come true for a Queens kid who used to bring along his own tape player to Madison Square...

Guidance Counselors Chapter Newsletter - April 2016

Find out more about the Friedrichs case in the Supreme Court, the New York state budget, our Union Loud and Proud campaign, an update on Borough Field Support Centers and the Open Market Transfer Period.

We need real measures of learning

What’s a better way to judge how much someone has learned – hours of marking bubbles on a standardized test, or a semester-long project like building a robot, mastering a piece of music or a deep dive into a moment in history?